CANTO v. HOLDER

No. 08-4272.

593 F.3d 638 (2010)

Fernando CANTO, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General of the United States, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided January 28, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James C. Ten Broeck, Jr. (argued), Chicago, IL, for Petitioner.

Keith I. McManus, Jessica E. Sherman (argued), Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.

Before EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge, and WILLIAMS and TINDER, Circuit Judges.


WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge.

Fernando Canto was convicted of counterfeiting over two decades ago. Since then, by all accounts, his life has been on the straight and narrow. After returning from a trip abroad, he was detained and found to be deportable because of his counterfeiting conviction. Canto concedes deportability but argues that the differing treatment of foreign and domestic convictions violates his equal protection rights—foreign convictions over fifteen...

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